Unhappy farmers unsettle europe

The production of rice, baked beans and melons in the UK suggests a rosy future for the UK’s food self-sufficiency. But, asks Michael Barker, are such crops a sustainable solution or just an exercise in what’s possible?

GLOBAL politics continues to fragment and become more ...

It is nearly ten long years since the British people voted to leave the European Union. The latest opinion polls show that a majority now believe that Brexit has gone badly. Too much time has been was

Is Europe’s 80-year-old alliance with America doomed? asks Michael Shear in The New York Times. US president Donald Trump’s threats of 25% tariffs on a slew of European nations, including the UK, for

Issue of the week: the weaponisation of finance ...

Donald Trump’s demands for control of Greenland by means of punitive tariffs of 10%-25% on eight Nato allies, or perhaps by military means if resisted, is “without parallel or precedent”, says Faisal